POX: Loudon Wainwright III

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Because I'm unfamiliar with his work.

― Simon H. (Simon H.), Tuesday, 19 April 2005 19:02 (twenty years ago)

his second solo alb is a stone cold classic from soup to nuts

― andrew ell, Tuesday, 19 April 2005 19:11 (twenty years ago)

Gaah.. almost impossible. I had to whittle this down from a list of over thirty essential cuts, and those were just the ones that made it onto albums.

Thanksgiving
Sometimes I Forget
Kings and Queens
School Days
The Picture
April Fool's Day Morn
I Know I'm Unhappy/Suicide Song/Glenville Reel
Summer's Almost Over
Wine With Dinner
Kick In The Head

― retort pouch (retort pouch), Tuesday, 19 April 2005 19:33 (twenty years ago)

yep.

but imight have to give my ten to drinking song. (from III)

― b b, Tuesday, 19 April 2005 19:37 (twenty years ago)

Wow. I have a completely different ten than Retort Pouch:

Red Guitar
Hard Day on the Planet
When I'm At Your House
The Swimming Song
The Man Who Couldn't Cry
Clockwork Chartreuse
Your Mother and I
Come a Long Way
Unrequited to the Nth Degree
Motel Blues

― Rickey Wright (Rrrickey), Tuesday, 19 April 2005 19:38 (twenty years ago)

"So many fabulous songs..." Five of those were on my list of 30, FWIW.

If it was 'pick ten albums' I might be able to make a convincing stab at it.

― retort pouch (retort pouch), Tuesday, 19 April 2005 19:58 (twenty years ago)

Heh. Yeah, it's a pretty good catalog. Though my list leans hard on 'Attempted Mustache.' (I was thisclose to putting "Liza" on there!)

― Rickey Wright (Rrrickey), Wednesday, 20 April 2005 00:09 (twenty years ago)

five years pass...

There really isn't a good comp of this guy, is there?

― Naive Teen Idol, Wednesday, 19 January 2011 04:03 (fifteen years ago)

Rhino Handmade of his first 2 albums or the Ryko live record?

― i love you but i have chosen snarkness (Steve Shasta), Wednesday, 19 January 2011 04:09 (fifteen years ago)

Which live record is that?

― Naive Teen Idol, Wednesday, 19 January 2011 04:38 (fifteen years ago)

sorry it was on Rounder:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Live_One_(Loudon_Wainwright_III_album)

― i love you but i have chosen snarkness (Steve Shasta), Wednesday, 19 January 2011 04:41 (fifteen years ago)

also fuck ilx's wack aol level code

― i love you but i have chosen snarkness (Steve Shasta), Wednesday, 19 January 2011 04:41 (fifteen years ago)

A Live One [Rounder, 1980]
The cheap seats are the only seats at a Wainwright show, and too often he plays to them, but here the screwy faces and strangled diction and spastic phrasing and easy jokes are kept in check. It's not as if his albums are so ornately orchestrated that the man-and-his-guitar format is a breath of fresh air. But he's a singer-songwriter who deserves a best-of, and this will do till he gets it. B+

― i love you but i have chosen snarkness (Steve Shasta), Wednesday, 19 January 2011 04:43 (fifteen years ago)

seven months pass...

there's a box set out, anyone heard it?

― by another name (amateurist), Monday, 29 August 2011 01:07 (fourteen years ago)

one year passes...

Overseas Call is a rarity for him -- a great production as well. Produced by Richard Thompson.

― Naive Teen Idol, Sunday, 14 April 2013 04:19 (twelve years ago)

un-hip to his latest stuff, but all his albums have a few treats.

― bodacious ignoramus, Sunday, 14 April 2013 05:59 (twelve years ago)

My Spotify playlist of the songs pimped on ILM:

http://open.spotify.com/user/124420673/playlist/4UWZCVklhUimXXGDcIbeW9

― Naive Teen Idol, Sunday, 14 April 2013 18:47 (twelve years ago)

This one's great:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/10_Songs_for_the_New_Depression

― cougars and sneezers (Eazy), Sunday, 14 April 2013 21:17 (twelve years ago)

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